Managing remotely with the Windows Server 2003 Administration Tools Pack tools

Article
10/08/2009

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Managing remotely with the tools

System Administration

Task	Tool	In a Convenience Console?
Support on-demand, image-based, operating system installations over a network connection from a RIS server to a client computer to simplify the management of operating systems and applications, and to improve failure recovery.	Remote Installation Services	No
Provide application developers a flexible framework for integrating role-based access control into their applications and administrators who use those applications access in a natural, intuitive way: through assigned user roles relating to job function.	Authorization Manager	No
Issue certificates to individuals, computers, or organizations that affirm the identity and other attributes of the certificate subject to other entities	Certification Authorities	Public Key Management
Track the licenses that have been issued to many terminal servers concurrently.	Terminal Server Licensing	No
Manage and monitor users, sessions, and processes on any server running Terminal Services on the network.	Terminal Services Manager	No
Manage Web Services directly through standards-based XML Web service for development tools and business applications.	UDDI Services overview	No

Network Administration

Task	Tool	In a Convenience Console?
Define features for remote access clients so that customers can connect to your service.	Connection Manager Administration Kit	No
Manage centrally IP addresses and other related configuration details used on your network.	DHCP	IP Address Management
Manage files distributed across multiple servers to appear to users as if they reside in one place on the network.	Distributed File System (DFS)	No
Manage TCP/IP networks, such as the Internet, to locate computers and services through user-friendly names.	DNS	Active Directory Management and IP Address Management
Manage exchange with NNTP snap-in.	Choosing components to install Microsoft NNTP Service (Requires installing the NNTP service first).	No
Manage telecommunications with the computer to communicate over direct connections to local computers, phone lines, LANs, WANs, and the Internet.	Telephony	No
Map NetBIOS names to IP addresses , particularly for NetBIOS name resolution in routed networks that use NetBIOS over TCP/IP.	WINS	IP Address Management

Storage Management

Task	Tool	In a Convenience Console?
Manage a group of independent computer systems working together as a single system to ensure that mission-critical applications and resources remain available to clients.	Windows Clustering	No
Manage all hosts of a Network Load Balancing cluster from a single computer.	Network Load Balancing Clusters	No
Manage server disk volumes and automatically copy infrequently-used files to a tape or disk library.	Remote Storage	No

Directory services administration

Task	Tool	In a Convenience Console?
Manage the trust relationships between domains.	Active Directory Manage Domains Manage Trusts Manage Forests	Active Directory Management
Manage users, computers, security groups and other objects in the Active Directory.	Active Directory Manage Users, Groups, and Computers Group Policy (pre-GPMC)	Active Directory Management
Replicate Active Directory information.	Active Directory Manage Sites	Active Directory Management
Manage stored object information in Active Directory schemas from the command line (schmmgmt.msc).	Active Directory Manage the Schema	No
Delegate control to select users or groups, organizational units and objects.	Active Directory Delegating administration	No
Manage Active Directory information via the command line.	Directory service command-line tools	No
Manage the Active Directory database from the command line.	Ntdsutil	No
Manage Group Policy from the command line (gpedit.msc)	Group Policy (pre-GPMC)	No